Weekly Rounds with Infection Control Today: Omicron’s Symptoms, Biopreparedness, Electrostatic Cleaners
Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending December 10.
Here are 5 highlights from ICT®’s wide-ranging coverage of the infection prevention and control world. Everything from interviews with known opinion leaders, to the news that infection preventionists and other health care professionals can use on their jobs.
Winnie the Flu? Omicron Symptoms Mild So Far
Initial clinical data out of South Africa suggest that patients with the Omicron variant of COVID-19 don't have severe illness.
Add Biopreparedness to IP Checklist
Now is the time for infection preventionists to harness the current attention to biopreparedness and use the momentum to build the foundations for strong local programs that can be sustained through future waves of competing priorities.
Going Deep: Cleaning Potential of Electrostatic Sprayers
The electrostatic sprayer method kills nearly 100% of pathogens. It also kills the COVID-19 virus. But is that overkill?
Viewpoint: What Doesn’t Kill You Mutates and Tries Again
The looming surge from the Omicron variant may well have a lower case-fatality-rate but its high infectivity will further strain our health care system and fill our hospitals.
Prior COVID Infection Less Likely to Stop Omicron, Says Study
Exactly how the new variant of COVID-19 fares against vaccinated people continues to be studied.
CDC Urges Vigilance: New Recommendations for Monitoring and Testing H5N1 Exposures
July 11th 2025With avian influenza A(H5N1) infections surfacing in both animals and humans, the CDC has issued updated guidance calling for aggressive monitoring and targeted testing to contain the virus and protect public health.
IP LifeLine: Layoffs and the Evolving Job Market Landscape for Infection Preventionists
July 11th 2025Infection preventionists, once hailed as indispensable during the pandemic, now face a sobering reality: budget pressures, hiring freezes, and layoffs are reshaping the field, leaving many IPs worried about their future and questioning their value within health care organizations.
A Helping Hand: Innovative Approaches to Expanding Hand Hygiene Programs in Acute Care Settings
July 9th 2025Who knew candy, UV lights, and a college kid in scrubs could double hand hygiene adherence? A Pennsylvania hospital’s creative shake-up of its infection prevention program shows that sometimes it takes more than soap to get hands clean—and keep them that way.
